Dispensing stand



Jan. 29 1924. i 1,482,071

7 L. F. DUFF ET AL.

DISPENSING STAND Filed March 6, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet l IN V EN TORS.

' ATTORNEY GEORGE LANGHANS BY R. mime- Jan. 29 1924. 1,482,071

L. F. DUFF ET AL DISPENS ING STAND Filed March 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG. 3

Lff EDUFF GL'ORGE LANGHANS I INVENTORS.

fim-mi A TTORNEY Patented Jan. 29, 1924.

} 1,482,071 Nnao STATES PATENT oFFicE.1

LEE F. DUFF AND GEORGE LANGHANS, OF L05 ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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Application filed March 6, 1922. Serial No. 541,342.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, LEE F. DUFF and Gnonen LANGHANS, citizens of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Dispensing Stands. ofwhich the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to pro vide a dispensing stand for chewing gum and the like,-which is adapted to hold a number of different kinds of gum, so that the desired kind may beconveniently obtained. I

It'is a further object of the invention to provide a stand ofthis character, wherein means are provided for manually withdrawing the desired kind of gum, said manual withdrawing means being conveniently located with relation to the Storekeeper; and to combine in the machine, when so desired, a check controlled withdrawing means located adjacent the purchaser. By this arrangemena'a dispensing device is formed, which maybe used'as'an automatic machine;

or which may be operated by the store keeper when it is more convenient to; purchase by this manner, as for example, when it is necessary to'make changef The invention will be readily understood .from the following description of the accompanying drawings, illustrating one of several practical embodiments of the device.

Fig. 1 is a side elevatioaot the dispensing s'tand,patly broken away.

Fig. 2'is a partial bottom plan view of the device.

Fig. 3 is a side elevatiom'partly in section, ofthe check controlled withdrawing means.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the same,

partly in section.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation, partly broken away, of the manual withdrawing means at the opposite side of the machine. '7

Fig. 6 is a detail section on theline 66 of Fig. 2.

The dispensing stand comprises a base" having a rotatable drum carrying the gum containers mounted thereon, said base, in the present instance,.having means at the side whichistoward thestorekeeper, for treelymanually withdrawing gum from any one of the gum containers turned opposite thesame. and the opp'osite s'idewhich is toward the purchaser, having a check con carrying'the gum containers.

trolled withdrawing means, which is also adapted to function in connection with any engaging the flange, while said flange is fixed to said arms by bolts 8 extending through lip 6 and the arms. Between the branches of forked arm 3, the flange 5 is cut away to provide an opening for the check controlled withdrawing means, a'ndin similarmanner, said flange iscut away between the branches of forked arm 4, to provide for the free manual withdrawing means.

A boss 9 extends upwardly from the center of the spider forming the base, and a rod 1O projects upwardly from this boss, and is adapted to receive the rotatable This drum is shown as a hollow struc ture including end plates 11 and 12 pro vided with bearing openings 13 adapted to receive the rod 10, and a plurality of vertically extending plates 14 fixed to end plates 1l-12, and forming the periphery of i the drum. form the back of a container groove, so that said grooves are spaced around the circumference of the drum. and with a different -kind of gum" in each groove, the desired drum These vertical plates each either the free manual withdrawal opening,

or the check controlled withdrawal opening inflange 5. i

The lower end plate 12 of the drum rests upon boss 9 to provide for free rotationof the drum, and in practice the drum may be continually rotated at a slow speed by a suitable driving means arranged for stop pins: of the drum at the desired point. As an instance of this arrangement. an electric motor 15 may'be'mounted within the drum upon a support "16 carried rod 10, said motor having a friction drive wheel 17' en- ;;a.q ing end plate 12., to provides frictional drivi g c-onnectio'n'for rotation of the drum. It will'beiinderstood that thespefatermav depthsdrum at anypoint; by amp-tantra ing the same against the action of the frictional driving connection.

The respective container grooves are formed by side plates 19 extending out wardly from the sides of back plates 14,

and terminating in guideways 20. A glass plate 21 forming a closure for the container groove is received in guideways 20.

The upper ends of the container grooves .are'open, for] filling of said grooves with packages of gum or the like, and a top 22 is adapted to be received over the top of the rotatable drum and the container grooves mounted thereon, so as to close said grooves. At the lower ends of the container grooves, side plates 19 are inturned to form rests 23 supporting the stack of packages within the groove, and plate 14 forming the backof the groove, is cut away opposite the lowermost package resting upon rests 23, as shown at 24. The glass plate forming the front closure for the container groove terminates short of the lowermost package in the groove, and maybe supported-upon lips 25 extending inwardly from side plates 19. By this arrangement, a front discharge means is provided 010- positeth'e lowermost package in a groove.

The upturned flange 5' prevents access to the discharge means of the container grooves, but. theop-ening in said flange above forked arm 4, allows free access to the discharge opening of the container groove which is opposite saidopening. In order to with draw the lowermost package of the stack within the groove which isropposite said flange opening, it is only necessary to insert the finger b'eneath said groove, in the space formed between the branches of forked arm 4, and thenpush against the lowermost package through'the opening 24 intheback of the groove. The package is thus readily re- 7 moved from its groove and from the dis pensing device.

At theopening in flange 5 which is above forked arm 3, a withdrawal plate is slidably mounted for removal'of the lowermost package of a stack, said withdrawal plate being normally locked against movement, and

whenin locked position having a front plate overlying the discharge opening of the container groove and closing the opening 1n I flange =5, sot-hat a paokage'c'annot be with drawn until the withdrawal plate is .unlocked and "slid outwardly. The locking means for the withdrawal plate may be suitable check controlled apparatus.

Describing in detail the check controlled withdrawal means, the withdrawal plate is shown at 26,-slidable upon forked arm 3 be-' neathany container groove turned' opposite the: same, and "movabl e outwardly through the openingin flange 5." Thisp'l-ate is turned downwardlyrat its tforward end to provide the fingerlmem-ber. 27-, and hasan upstanding.

guard plate 28, which, when the withdrawal plate is moved inwardly and in locked posi tion, is received in the opening in flange 5, so-as to prevent access to the discharge opening at the lower end of the container groove;

The withdrawal plate also carries a block 30 extending upwardly in rear of the lower most 'package ina container groove. The withdrawal plate is normally retracted, as by a spring 31, butwhen it is unlocked, as will be explained, it may be moved outwardly by grasping finger member 27, and the block 30 will then move through opening 24 in the bottom of the container groove, so as to push the lowermost package from the stack in the groove. The guard 28 having moved outwardly with the withdrawal plate the opening in flange 5 is thus uncovered, and the withdrawn package may be thus readily removed from the machine.

The check controlled locking means for the withdrawal plate may include'a receptacle 32 suspended from forked arm ,3 and having a check depositing'guideway 33 extending upwardly alongside the openingin flange 5. A slidable support 34 receives a check deposited in the device and holds! the same standing upon its edge. LA finger 35'. depending fromlplate 26' is in alinement with the check held in this position, so that when the. withdrawal plate is moved outward, said finger will impinge against the i check and cause its support 34 to move forward A latch36 is connected to support 34 so that movement of the latter'will'retract plate 26 and normally encheck deposited in the support 34, attempted movement of the finger 35 with the with-1 drawal plate, will not. causemovement'of support 34, and as a consequence the latch 36 r is not detracted.-The withdrawal plate will thus remain looked. 7 When the. check controlled mechanism -is operate-d, themovement of support 34, will finally allow the check held thereby to drop I through an opening .40-and into the collection portion of receptacle 32, and support 34 is-then retracted by a spring 41. As soon as apackage has been removed by; the with-' drawal plate, the release of the latter will allow spring. 31 to return the plateto its retracted position, where it is locked by thespring pressed latch 36.

It'will thus be seentthat an eflicientdispensing stand is provided,'which is adapted to dispense a selected one ofvarious kinds of articles, the dispensing means beingeither a free manual withdrawalmeans or a check controlled mechanism.

' While. we have illustrated and described but'onexpracticalz embodimentof the device,

it Will be apparent that various changes may be made in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A dispensing stand comprising a. plurality of containers with discharge means, a closure means for said discharge means having an opening for alinement with a selective one of said discharge means to permit free manual withdrawal therefrom, said closure means having a second opening for alinement with a selective one of said discharge means, and a check controlled withdrawal means cooperating with said second opening.

2. A dispensing stand comprising a plurality of circumferentially arranged container grooves with discharge means at their lower ends, a base for said stand having a flange extending over said discharge means to close the same, said flange having an open ing for alinement with a selective one of said discharge means to permit free manual with drawal therefrom, said flange having a sec ond opening for alinement with a selective one of said discharge means, and a check controlled Withdrawal means cooperating with said second openin c 3. A dispensing stand comprising a member having a plurality of circumferentially arranged containers with discharge means, a continuously rotating means, a frictional driving connection between said continuously rotating means and said member, and V a closure means for said discharge means llflVlIl an openlng for selective alinement wlth the respectlve discharge means.

In testimony whereof We have signed our I names to this specification.

, LEE F. DUFF.

GEORGE LANGHANS. 

